2019
Local–regional recurrence in women with small node-negative, HER2-positive breast cancer: results from a prospective multi-institutional study (the APT trial)
Bellon JR, Guo H, Barry WT, Dang CT, Yardley DA, Moy B, Marcom PK, Albain KS, Rugo HS, Ellis M, Wolff AC, Carey LA, Overmoyer BA, Partridge AH, Hudis CA, Krop I, Burstein HJ, Winer EP, Tolaney SM. Local–regional recurrence in women with small node-negative, HER2-positive breast cancer: results from a prospective multi-institutional study (the APT trial). Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2019, 176: 303-310. PMID: 31004299, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-019-05238-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHER2-positive breast cancerLocal-regional recurrenceDisease-free survivalEffective anti-HER2 therapyLRR-free survivalAnti-HER2 therapyBreast-conserving surgeryBreast cancerRadiation therapySystemic therapyHormone receptor-positive tumorsProspective multi-institutional studyHER2-negative diseaseHER2-positive diseaseNegative axillary nodesEffective systemic therapyProspective multicenter trialEarly-stage patientsKaplan-Meier methodReceptor-positive tumorsHER2-positive tumorsMulti-institutional studyFuture investigational effortsAdjuvant trastuzumabProtocol therapyBreast Cancer Treatment
Waks AG, Winer EP. Breast Cancer Treatment. JAMA 2019, 321: 288-300. PMID: 30667505, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2018.19323.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTriple-negative breast cancerNonmetastatic breast cancerTriple-negative tumorsBreast cancerSystemic therapyTumor subtypesMetastatic triple-negative breast cancerHormone receptor-positive tumorsBreast cancer-specific survivalHuman epidermal growth factor 2Epidermal growth factor 2Small-molecule inhibitor therapyMajor tumor subtypesCancer-specific survivalMedian overall survivalProgesterone receptor expressionMetastatic breast cancerTime of diagnosisReceptor-positive tumorsBreast cancer treatmentErbB2-positive tumorsPreoperative treatment responseERBB2 gene amplificationDistinct risk profilesPalliating symptoms
2016
Time trends in incidence rates and survival of newly diagnosed stage IV breast cancer by tumor histology: a population-based analysis
Di Meglio A, Freedman RA, Lin NU, Barry WT, Metzger-Filho O, Keating NL, King TA, Sertoli MR, Boccardo F, Winer EP, Vaz-Luis I. Time trends in incidence rates and survival of newly diagnosed stage IV breast cancer by tumor histology: a population-based analysis. Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2016, 157: 587-596. PMID: 27271765, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-016-3845-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic breast cancerMedian overall survivalOverall survivalPopulation-based analysisDuctal carcinomaLobular carcinomaAnnual percent changeBreast cancerIncidence rateDe novo metastatic breast cancerEnd Results 9 registriesHormone receptor-positive tumorsNovo metastatic breast cancerMultivariable Cox regression modelsStage IV breast cancerAnnual age-adjusted incidence ratesAge-adjusted incidence ratesAdjusted hazard ratioBetter overall survivalDate of diagnosisReceptor-positive tumorsBreast cancer incidenceCox regression modelHazard ratioTumor histology
2013
Clinicopathological Features Among Patients With Advanced Human Epidermal Growth Factor–2-Positive Breast Cancer With Prolonged Clinical Benefit to First-Line Trastuzumab-Based Therapy: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Vaz-Luis I, Seah D, Olson EM, Wagle N, Metzger-Filho O, Sohl J, Litsas G, Burstein HJ, Krop IE, Winer EP, Lin NU. Clinicopathological Features Among Patients With Advanced Human Epidermal Growth Factor–2-Positive Breast Cancer With Prolonged Clinical Benefit to First-Line Trastuzumab-Based Therapy: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Clinical Breast Cancer 2013, 13: 254-263. PMID: 23829891, PMCID: PMC4084778, DOI: 10.1016/j.clbc.2013.02.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntineoplastic Agents, HormonalBreast NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Ductal, BreastCarcinoma, LobularChemotherapy, AdjuvantFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMiddle AgedNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalNeoplasm StagingPractice Patterns, Physicians'PrognosisReceptor, ErbB-2Receptors, EstrogenReceptors, ProgesteroneRetrospective StudiesSurvival RateTamoxifenYoung AdultConceptsTrastuzumab-based therapyFirst-line trastuzumab-based therapyAdvanced HER2-positive breast cancerHER2-positive breast cancerAdjuvant trastuzumabBreast cancerClinicopathological featuresClinical benefitC-statisticHuman epidermal growth factor-2-positive breast cancerTreatment durationPredictive valueHormone receptor-positive tumorsLong-term clinical benefitPrevious adjuvant trastuzumabTreatment duration groupsRetrospective cohort studyDisease-free intervalHormone receptor positivityReceptor-positive tumorsDuration of treatmentMagnitude of benefitLow predictive valueLogistic regression modelsDifferent logistic regression models